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Roy Hodgson asks for kinder TV schedule

Hodgson asks for kinder TV schedule
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England manager Roy Hodgson calls for a kinder Premier League TV schedule before international fixtures.

England manager Roy Hodgson has voiced his concerns over the Premier League's TV schedule, claiming that it disrupts his preparations for the national team.

International teams now tend to play on Friday rather than Saturday, and Hodgson believes that players appearing for their club sides on the previous Sunday limits his time with the squad.

"This is the Premier League and TV," he told Club Wembley members in a question and answer session.

"It would be nice if, when we're playing on Friday, the top teams played on Saturday and not Sunday. Then on Monday we could do a bit of work, and on Tuesday do some serious work.

"But every time, the top clubs have played on Sunday and some at five o'clock on Sunday. If they're from Manchester and they've played in Southampton, they get back late at night then have to come down again."

England's next match comes on October 12, just five days after the likes of Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United play.

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